Synopsys USB 3.0 Success Story – Realtek

Using DesignWare USB 3.0 IP, Realtek achieved first-silicon success for their industry’s first certified USB 3.0 card reader. So read the Success Story here talking about the integration of our USB 3.0 Device into the Realtek design.

I think this might still be the ONLY USB 3.0 Card Reader chip in the whole universe. I’ve looked for another one and I can’t find it.

If find or know of another USB 3.0 Card Reader, send me an e-mail, or Twitter use at #SNPS.

Here’s a picture of a USB 3.0 Hub combined with the Realtek Card Reader chip the RTS5182.

You may have known that Realtek is our customer for our USB 3.0 digital IP including USB 3.0 Host and Device from our 40 design wins, 30 customer press release. We thought you’d like to hear/read what the engineers said about our IP.

2) How many people actually carry around a camera, who carry an iPhone 4S? ANSWER: Probably not a lot.

3) Do Mid-Range cameras and Pro-sumer cameras become only Special Event cameras? ANSWER: Yes. Maybe only the 1 Dad or 1 Mom or serious photographer. Otherwise, the iPhone 4S camera is “good enough” for recording all but the most important events that require either HD or high speed photography.

4) Where do you carry a low-end or mid-range camera? ANSWER: Markets where SmartPhones are not affordable or accepted. In this case, the low-end phones will always have USB 2.0. And the user has to have a PC to connect them to, and the knowledge to upload them, and the time, and if they have all those things, do they have the money for a SmartPhone? If they have the money for a Smartphone do they have a dataplan? If they have a dataplan, why wouldn’t they take the picture with their 8MP iPhone 4S? The point is: The mid-range camera is for the person that is sophisticated enough to own a smart phone, but either can’t afford either a smart phone, a data plan, or a pro-sumer phone. I’m open to counter arguments here.

Eric started working on USB in 1995, starting with the world’s first BIOS that supported USB Keyboards and Mice while at Award Software. After a departure into embedded systems software for real-time operating systems, he returned to USB IP cores and software at inSilicon, one of the leading suppliers of USB IP. In 2002, inSilicon was acquired by Synopsys and he’s been here since. He also served as Chairman of the USB On-The-Go Working Group for the USB Implementers Forum from 2004-2006.

Eric received an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University and an M.S. in Engineering from University of California Irvine, and a B.S. in Engineering from the University of Minnesota. and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering in the State of California.